A seance is the practice done by a group of people who gather together to contact and receive messages from ghosts/ spirits. The minimum number of
people who are taking part should be three, a medium should be among those people. Protection and safety is very important and a professional must be
present.

1. Decide what your purpose is for conducting the seance , it could be to contact a deceased relative or friend or maybe you want to communicate with
a spirit who is attached to your home or a haunted location, either way a professional should be present during the procedure. This is not a game and
a seance should not be conducted by amateurs who wish to have 'fun ' or intend to summon demons out of curiosity, nor should spirits be mocked or
disrespected by asking silly questions.

2. Set the table. Place three candles, or a number divisible by three, in the center, and place an offering of food in the center, as well. Create an
atmosphere conducive to connecting to the spirit world. Light the candles, dim the lights, light some incense. A round or oval table is preferred to a
rectangular one as this fulfills the requisite for a circle needed in a seance. Gather everyone around the table and hold hands to create a circle.

3. You cannot expect it to be like the movies it may be that you will have to attempt this on more than one occasion to achieve successful contact
with the spirit, sometimes spirits are difficult to communicate with it may be that they simply don't feel ready to communicate with you whereas
sometimes it will be a success and they will happily answer your questions.
A popular method is using the Ouija board. The ghost, once conjured, uses telekinesis to rotate the pointer and answer your questions.

4. Now all the people must sit around the table, hold each other’s hand making a circle and close their eyes. It is good to begin by saying a
prayer, which helps cleanse the environment and emanate positivity. Summon the spirit(s) by chanting in unison: "Spirits of the past, move among us.
Be guided by the light of this world and visit upon us." If you are wishing to contact a relative or friend, you may chant something like this:
"Beloved (name), we bring you gifts from life into death. Be guided by the light of this world and visit upon us." Please be patient, and wait for
the spirit's response.

5.Now ask the spirit to provide a sign of its presence. Don’t ask for a specific sign, just be open to receive any signal. When you know that the
spirit is present, try to communicate. Begin slowly with simple yes or no questions, if the spirit responds well, move onto more complex questions.

6. Always be calm and respecting. However, be warned, at the very first sign of any rudeness from the spirit’s side politely ask it to leave, if it
doesn’t abide, forcefully end the session by blowing out the candles and switching the lights on. Always stop a séance if someone asks due to fear
or other concern. Never force anyone to continue if they do not want to.
Once done, thank the spirit for its help and slowly end the session.

7.When everyone is satisfied, end the séance by thanking the spirit for visiting, breaking the circle of hands, extinguishing the candles, and
turning on the lights.

I don't condone it either, but I would like to hear experiences from members who have tried it.

I don't like opening any door where negative energies can come in. And to anyone who is thinking about performing any type of spirit communication,
please do a prayer for protection first, and imagine a white, loving wall surrounding yourself so any negative energies won't possess you.

The first time I went to The Palmer House and did the paranormal tour we had a short seance session in the basement.

That is not what they called it, but bottom line, that was how the spirit contact started. We all sat in a circle, did a prayer, and started to get
responses. We didn't use any candles though.
How was it?
Strange, but very cool.

We got everything from spirit knocks to pictures of odd things and each and every person there was "touched".
There was no doubt it was active spirit contact. I had never done it that way before, and it was totally foreign to me.
I could not seem to make contact with whatever we were all in contact with like I would normally be able to under right conditions, so I think when
spirits are called this way, the vibe is different than say just sitting down with someone and talking to past on loved ones. The seance seems to pull
something different, maybe it is in how the contact is initiated, I am not sure.

The first time I went to The Palmer House and did the paranormal tour we had a short seance session in the basement.

That is not what they called it, but bottom line, that was how the spirit contact started. We all sat in a circle, did a prayer, and started to get
responses. We didn't use any candles though.
How was it?
Strange, but very cool.

We got everything from spirit knocks to pictures of odd things and each and every person there was "touched".
There was no doubt it was active spirit contact. I had never done it that way before, and it was totally foreign to me.
I could not seem to make contact with whatever we were all in contact with like I would normally be able to under right conditions, so I think when
spirits are called this way, the vibe is different than say just sitting down with someone and talking to past on loved ones. The seance seems to pull
something different, maybe it is in how the contact is initiated, I am not sure.

I was about 15 and my 2 friends and I decided to try having a seance, my one friend wanted to talk to her cousin and I wanted to say hi to my
grandfather.

We sat on her floor and lit one candle in the middle of us, we held hands and kept thinking to ourselves a saying for my granddad to please let a
train honk 3 times to let us know that he was here, he used to live behind some railroad tracks. After a bit of time went by we all heard 3 knocks on
the outside wall of her bedroom. So next we tried asking for that kid she knew that had been run over by a tractor, after a bit she blew out the
candle and jumped up on the bed and started crying uncontrollably after a bit she finally told us that as she was thinking about him she could hear
her own thoughts and another voice started to speak to her.

originally posted by: Stari
I was about 15 and my 2 friends and I decided to try having a seance, my one friend wanted to talk to her cousin and I wanted to say hi to my
grandfather.

We sat on her floor and lit one candle in the middle of us, we held hands and kept thinking to ourselves a saying for my granddad to please let a
train honk 3 times to let us know that he was here, he used to live behind some railroad tracks. After a bit of time went by we all heard 3 knocks on
the outside wall of her bedroom. So next we tried asking for that kid she knew that had been run over by a tractor, after a bit she blew out the
candle and jumped up on the bed and started crying uncontrollably after a bit she finally told us that as she was thinking about him she could hear
her own thoughts and another voice started to speak to her.

I have tried to get her to do this again and she refuses.

I would be into doing it again.

Stari

No, don't force/push anyone into doing any type of communication when they're scared. Fear attracts negative spirits/entities. That could turn out
really BAD!

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